As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
The new Mass ECHOS report on family wealth in Massachusetts highlights the massive wealth gap affecting Latinos in the state, and our grantmaking and other work must doible down on addressing it, says LEF's Carlos Muñoz-Cadilla.
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A new report produced by the Gastón Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston in partnership with the Latino Equity Fund documents the rapid growth of Massachusetts’ Latino voting-age population, and also a substantial opportunity to improve voter participation beyond registration.
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Philanthropic investments in reducing carbon emissions from small buildings in Boston could play a substantial role in reducing the city’s carbon emissions and efforts to achieve net-zero emissions, according to a new report from the Boston Foundation, the Building Electrification Institute (BEI) and Firefly Energy Consulting.
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Benaree, “Bennie,” Pratt Wiley and her late husband Flash Wiley established the Hidden History Fund at TBF in 2015. More than a decade later, following a conversation with TBF’s Senior Director of Donor Engagement and Partnership Loren Van Allen, the Fund is helping to share a more local piece of history. This is our full interview with Bennie for a story on the Fund that appears in the Fall 2026 Issue of TBF News.
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MassNonprofit News circulates TBF's Free for All Endowment Fund's 2026 grantee announcement, awarding $330,000 to 21 organizations working to expand their programs and outreach to connect with a broad range of audiences across Greater Boston.
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Highlighting the importance of place-based philanthropy, Inside Philanthropy features six examples of grantmakers that are making outsized impact in their regions through their work in their local communities, highlighting TBF for our Meeting the Moment grantmaking and equity funds, alongside prioritization of community needs across all initiatives.
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In Foxboro, for WBZ News Boston Levan Reid interviews TBF's Keith Mahoney and Juliane Mahoney of the New England Revolution to announce the Rev's auction of custom painted soccer cleats to honor each player's heritage and the diversity of Great Boston, with proceeds to benefit the Boston Foundation.
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As Haitian TPS holders across the country face the end of work authorizations, the Boston Business Journal lifts up concerns that the loss of TPS could have a severe impact on the Massachusetts medical industry, citing data from Boston Indicators reporting on immigration levels needed to sustain MA's current workforce.
Read MoreProduced in partnership between the Latino Equity Fund and Gastón Institute at UMass Boston, this report explores the growth of the Latino electorate in Massachusetts, and the untapped opportunity to ensure Latino issues play a more central role in the democratic process.
Read MoreProduced in partnership between the Boston Foundation, Firefly Energy Consulting, and the Building Electrification Institute, this report explores how philanthropy can provide “catalytic capital,” using impact investments and other vehicles to supplement local, state, and federal funding to reduce carbon emissions in low- and moderate-income areas.
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A new report takes a first-of-its-kind look at family wealth across demographic groups in Massachusetts, highlighting the broad disaparities between and among groups in the state.
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This report from the Boston Private Industry Council and the Boston Foundation explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the following years on college enrollment, persistance and completion for graduates of the Boston Public Schools. While results are improving from pandemic lows, the report highlights the challenges of regaining momentum, especially for the groups of students facing the hardest paths to a postsecondary education.
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In this issue, Lee Pelton reflects on his five years leading TBF. Plus, we explore more in detail TBF's commitment to the next chapter for Nubian Square in Roxbury, and we hear from a former Boston Foundation director who is using her philanthropy to ensure truth and history get into Massachusetts schools.
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